Author: Natalia Adler

In 1899, Charles H. Duell, Commissioner at the US. Office of Patents, declared: “Everything that can be invented has been invented.” Good old Charles won’t go down in history alone for his poor forecasting skills. He will be joined by many others who, in their shortsightedness or overly optimistic hopes, […]

That was the question I kept asking my son who was crying and fussing nonstop one night many years ago. My pleas went unanswered until I decided to take matters into my own hands and try guessing different solutions. In the end, a warm bottle did the trick. Now that […]

Back in my teen years, I would roll my eyes every time my grandmother would bestow on her prophetic advice on me. Granted, her advice would make any teenager LOL in disbelief: from how to avoid wrinkles by laughing less to tips about sitting up straight on a soft sofa. […]

“You take the blue pill, the story ends. You wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes”– Orpheus from the movie, The Matrix When it comes to development, my […]

It takes a village to raise a child. It takes many brains to solve complex problems affecting child rights. UNICEF Nicaragua would like to invite you to be part of a small group of creative problem-solvers who can help us come up with innovative and concrete solutions for problems affecting children […]

I’m so proud of having met the amazing students from the Business Club at the American College in Nicaragua. They’re an innovative and enthusiastic bunch with a big heart who believe we can really make the world a better place. As true entrepreneurs, they actually do more than believe. They […]

Last year I met Camila Garay. Camila is an amazing Designer, Art Director, and a certified Life-saver. During that time, I was busy negotiating a corporate alliance with Mukul Beach, Golf & Spa, the first luxury boutique hotel in Nicaragua. As part of my negotiation tactics, I had argued that […]

That was the title of the cover of WIRED magazine last October. It featured a picture of a 12-year-old Mexican girl, Paloma Noyola Bueno, who lives near a dump site in Matamoros, a small town bordering Texas, USA. And what makes Paloma a likely candidate to become the next Steve […]

…but definitively makes you a better travel companion. I spent the last 3 weeks traveling with 12 government counterparts to remote indigenous and afro-descendant communities in the Southern Atlantic Autonomous Region in Nicaragua. Water was everywhere: lakes, rivers, and open sea. Naturally our main mode of transportation was a boat, […]

The Sociopreneur Initiative is all about entrepreneurship and collaborative solutions. So we have been teaming up with lots of amazing coaches and mentors from all over the world. The story below is from our newest group of allies: an extraordinary group of college students, who founded the ‘Business Club’ of the American […]

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